Fisher-Price Kasey the Kinderbot Focus on Phonics User manual

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Before inserting the software cartridge, turn power off by pressing the
On/Off button on the top of Kasey’s foot. Insert the software cartridge into
the software port and Kasey automatically turns back on!
Please keep this manual for future reference, as it contains important information.
Getting Started
Getting Started
Software Port
Software Cartridge
On/Off Button

Choose an activity from the Main Menu: Fish for Consonants, Spin the Vowel, Blend up
Phonics and Rhyme Around™.Press a colored selection button to make your choice.
Note: Each activity has a teach mode and a quiz mode. Sometimes, Kasey may skip teach
mode and go right to quiz mode.
Fish for Consonants
Press the red selection button.
Learn about different consonant sounds.
Spin the Vowel
Press the blue selection button.
Learn about different vowel sounds
and how they’re used in words.
Blend up Phonics
Press the yellow selection button.
Learn about phonic blends –
an important part of reading!
Rhyme Around™
Press the green selection button.
Let’s play a rhyming game. Match
up the words that sound the same.
What do you want to do?
What do you want to do?
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Press the Home Button to return to the Main Menu at any time.
Home Button

• Press a colored selection button to
“catch” the fish!
Fish for Consonants
Fish for Consonants
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• Kasey says the sound of the
consonant printed inside the fish.
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen,
press the red selection button to go directly to Quiz mode.

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• Let’s play. Listen to Kasey say a
consonant sound and a word that
uses that consonant sound. Now, press
the colored selection button next to
the letter that makes that sound.
Fish for Consonants
Fish for Consonants
• If you choose correctly, great job!
• If you choose incorrectly, Kasey tells
you which letter makes the sound.

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Fish for Consonants
Fish for Consonants
• Let’s “Letter-cize!”
“Sing along
with me!”

Spin the Vowel
Spin the Vowel
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• Press one of the colored selection
buttons to “spin” the vowel wheel.
• Listen as Kasey sings a vowel song!
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen,
press the red selection button to go directly to Quiz mode.

Spin the Vowel
Spin the Vowel
• Press one of the colored selection
buttons to spin the vowel wheel.
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen, press the green selection
button to hear the vowel sound and a word with that vowel sound again.
• Listen to the sound a vowel makes
and a word with that vowel sound.

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Spin the Vowel
Spin the Vowel
• Find the picture with the correct
vowel sound. Press the yellow or
green selection button.
• If you choose correctly, great job!
• If you choose incorrectly, Kasey
tells you the correct answer. Try
another one!
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen,
press the green selection button to repeat the question.
Yellow
Selection
Button
Green
Selection
Button

• Listen as Kasey picks the first letter
to make a phonic blend.
Blend up Phonics
Blend up Phonics
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• Now, press the red or blue selection
button to pick the second letter to
make a phonic blend.
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen,
press the red selection button to go directly to Quiz mode.
Red
Selection
Button
Blue
Selection
Button

Blend up Phonics
Blend up Phonics
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• Listen as Kasey says a word that uses
both letters blended together.
• Now, press any colored selection
button to “blend” the letters you
chose together.
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen, press the
green selection button to hear the phonic sound again.

Blend up Phonics
Blend up Phonics
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• Now, it’s your turn. There is a picture
and a word with missing letters on
the screen. And, there are two phonic
blends on the top of the screen.
• Press the red or blue selection
button to choose the phonic blend
that completes the word and matches
the picture!
• If you choose correctly, great job!
• If you choose incorrectly, Kasey
tells you the correct answer.
Try another one!
Red
Selection
Button
Blue
Selection
Button
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen, press the
green selection button to hear the phonic sound again.

Blend up Phonics
Blend up Phonics
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• Sing and exercise along with
Kasey to a fun letter song.
“I think
I need to
stretch!”

Rhyme Around
Rhyme Around
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• Rap and dance along with Kasey
to a fun rhyming song!
YES NO
• When the music finishes, you
can play it again (press the yellow
selection button for yes) or you can
continue in this activity (press the
green selection button for no).
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen,
press the red selection button to go directly to Quiz mode.
Yellow
Selection
Button
Green
Selection
Button
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Rhyme Around
Rhyme Around
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• Look at the screen and the two
rhyming words. Say them along
with Kasey.
• Listen as Kasey says two rhyming words.
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Rhyme Around
Rhyme Around
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• Now, it’s your turn. There is a picture
and a word on the top of the screen.
On the bottom of the screen, there
are two pictures with words.
• Press either the yellow or green
selection button to choose a word
that rhymes with the word on top.
Green
Selection
Button
Yellow
Selection
Button
• If you choose correctly, great job!
• If you choose incorrectly, Kasey tells
you the rhyming word. Try another one!
Hint: When you see this on Kasey’s screen,
press the green selection button to hear the word again.
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• Keep water, sand and dirt off of this cartridge.
• Keep this cartridge away from direct sunlight and excessive heat.
• Do not immerse the cartridge. Simply wipe the outside of the cartridge with a cloth to clean.
• This cartridge has no consumer serviceable parts. Please do not take this cartridge apart.
Care
Care
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One (1) Year Limited Warranty
One (1) Year Limited Warranty
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Fisher-Price, Inc., 636 Girard Avenue, East Aurora, New York 14052 warrants to the original
purchaser that Kasey the Kinderbot™ Focus on Phonics™ is free from all defects in material
and workmanship when used under normal conditions for a period of one (1) year from the
date of purchase.
Should the product fail to perform properly, we will repair or replace it at our option, free of charge.
Purchaser is responsible for shipping the product to Consumer Relations at the address indicated
above and for all associated freight and insurance cost. Fisher-Price, Inc. will bear the cost of
shipping the repaired or replaced item to you. This warranty is void if the owner repairs
or modifies the product. This warranty excludes any liability other than
that expressly stated above including but not limited to any incidental or
consequential damages.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO
HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

Consumer Information
Consumer Information
Questions? We’d like to hear from you!
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Monday through Friday. Hearing-impaired consumers using TTY/TDD equipment, please call
1-800-382-7470. Or, write to:
Fisher-Price®
Consumer Relations
636 Girard Avenue
East Aurora, New York 14052
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